J Hus, Stefflon Don and more win big at NME Awards

The award ceremony took place on Wednesday (Feb 14) night at the O2 Academy in Brixton, London

15/02/2018 11:39 AM

Image Text:

ATTENDEES: Boy Better Know (Photo credit: Tim Whitby/NME)

THE V05 NME Awards took place on Wednesday (Feb 15), with some of the UK's hottest acts taking away coveted prizes.

J-Hus won the Best Album prize in this year’s honour, for his album Common Sense, which was also nominated for a Mercury Prize in 2017.

Grime pioneer Wiley picked up a gong for Best Book, for his Eskiboy memoirs, while Loyle Carner was honoured as Best British Solo Artist after a storming year in 2017.

Other big winners of the night include Craig David and Bastille won Best Collaboration for their hit I Know You, Boy Better Know who took home the NME Innovation Award and Avelino who won Best Mixtape.

See the full list of winners below:

Best British Band – Alt-J
Best British Solo Artist – Loyle Carner
Best New Artist – Stefflon Don
Best Live Artist – Kasabian
Best Track – Charli XCX, ‘Boys’

WINNER: Stefflon Don

Best International Band – Haim
Best Mixtape – Avelino, ‘No Bullshit’
Best Album – J Hus ‘Common Sense’
Best Collaboration – Craig David and Bastille, ‘I Know You’
Best Festival – Glastonbury
Best Film – Baby Driver
Best Music Video – The Big Moon, ‘Sucker’
Under The Radar Award – Pale Waves
Best Festival Headliner – Muse
Best International Solo Artist – Lorde
NME Icon – Shirley Manson
NME Innovation Award – Boy Better Know
Godlike Genius – Liam Gallagher
Best Book – Wiley, Eskiboy
Best TV Show – Stranger Things 2
Best Reissue – Radiohead, ‘OK Not OK’
Best Small Festival – Festival Number 6
Music Moment of The Year – One Love Manchester
Best Music Film – Gaga: Five Foot Two
Hero of the year – Ariana Grande
Villain of the year – Piers Morgan

Read every story in our hardcopy newspaper for free by downloading the app.

Posted on: 15/02/2018 11:39 AM

Subscribe to The Voice database!

We'd like to keep in touch with you regarding our daily newsletter, Voice competitions, promotions and marketing material and to further increase our reach with The Voice readers.

If interested, please click the below button to complete the subscription form.